Musician, award-winning filmmaker, and activist Michael Franti presents…
Finding Your Rhythm in Midlife and Beyond
Apr 21 - Apr 26, 2025 in Santa Fe, USA
Led by: Michael Franti, Chip Conley, Robert King, Daniel 'DL' Landes
Get back into rhythm with your life – and unlock your creative capacity to thrive with Michael Franti
Do you ever feel like your life has lost its rhythm – like you’re moving out of sync with the things that matter most to you?
Not just the people you love and want to spend more time with… but the ideas, passions, joys, and experiences that fuel you and make you feel alive?
If life has been distracting you from doing what you love and cherish most, that’s a sign it’s time to dial down the "noise" of what's no longer serving you and get back in tune with your purpose, values, and joy.
Spearhead founder and frontman Michael Franti can help you with that.
A a chart-topping musician, award-winning documentarian, and activist who has dedicated his life to building community and advocating for positive change, Michael can show you how to tune back into the music of your soul and create the life you dream of living.
Join Michael and his close friend, MEA founder Chip Conley, in Santa Fe for a transformative week of reconnecting with your mojo, grooving to your own rhythm, and reigniting your inner fire and your capacity to create beauty and meaning with your life.
What you’ll gain
Through embodied and experiential activities designed to spark creativity, self-understanding, and out-of-the-box thinking, you will:
Yes, there will be music. (And you will be helping to make it, even if you’re “not a musician” and have never held an instrument before.)
There will be dancing and art, epiphanies and joy.
But mostly there will be you, reconnecting with your fundamental self and creating a new vision of your life based on possibilities you had forgotten, or given up on, or never imagined you had the capacity to manifest. (Spoiler: you absolutely do.)
Meet your faculty
Michael Franti
Creator & frontman of Spearhead, the Beatnigs, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
Michael Franti is a globally-recognized musician, humanitarian, activist, and award-winning filmmaker revered for his inspiring music, high-energy live shows, devotion to health and wellness, worldwide philanthropic efforts, and the power of his optimism. His music has produced five Billboard #1 singles and an array of top 30 hits.
From his early days with The Beatnigs and The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy to his current work with Spearhead, Michael has used his music, poetry, and art to inspire social change. His music challenges the status quo by synthesizing eclectic influences and genres such as industrial music, hip-hop, funk, dancehall, reggae, bossa nova, and Afrobeat with socially conscious lyrics that speak out against war and injustice.
Michael's music and activism addresses issues from gun violence to climate change and peace in the Middle East. In 2001, he was awarded the Domestic Human Rights Award by Global Exchange, an international NGO based in San Francisco, for his work to end war. Through his wish-granting nonprofit organization, Do It For The Love foundation, he brings people with life-threatening illnesses and trauma, children with severe challenges, and wounded veterans to live concerts with the goal of inspiring joy through the healing power of music.
Michael is also the host of Stay Human, a podcast in which he speaks with other cultural creatives whose music, art, entrepreneurship, and activism are helping to change the world.
Chip Conley
MEA Co-Founder and Author of Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age
A three-time TED speaker on the big stage, Chip Conley is one of the world's leading experts at the intersection of business innovation, psychology and spirituality.
As one of the creators of the boutique hotel movement and the "modern elder" to the young Airbnb founders, Chip's been a disruptor and expert on entrepreneurship and business leadership. He’s a globally-recognized thought leader on the future of work and the competitive advantages of a multi-generational workplace.
Inspired by his experience of intergenerational mentoring as a “modern elder” at Airbnb – where his guidance was instrumental to the company’s extraordinary success – Chip founded MEA and has since dedicated his midlife years to reframing the concept of aging and helping people navigate midlife with a renewed sense of purpose and possibility.
This workshop is for you if...
You are feeling disconnected from your passion and values
You want to reconnect with the things that bring you joy
You’re navigating big life changes and searching for purpose and meaning in your next chapter
You want to unlock your creativity and elevate your capacity for out-of-the-box thinking
You want to explore music, art, and movement as forms of expression, connection, and release
You are a big fan of Michael Franti and Spearhead and know that you will have the most incredible time jamming with him!
Santa Fe, USA
Rising Circle Ranch
An upscale regenerative ranch featuring traditional Pueblo architecture and spanning nearly 2,600 acres of wildlife, hiking trails in the arroyo, with ancient petroglyphs, and awe-inspiring beauty. Close to historic Santa Fe, an artisan’s mecca.
Meet your MEA facilitators
In addition to the powerful sessions conducted by Michael and Chip, you will be guided through the core MEA curriculum by our faculty members:
Robert King
Experience Facilitator
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Robert King is a family medicine physician and award-winning ceramic artist with work in private and public collections all over the world. He is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklohoma and lives in Galisteo, New Mexico with his fearless and furry companion, Wilbur.
As an artist, Robert continuously seeks new ways to express himself, utilizing the natural resources found in the surrounding landscape. He describes his body of work as “a love letter to the high desert”. You will appreciate his creative perspective and deep appreciation for the natural environment in which you’ll be doing this soul-empowering work.
Daniel 'DL' Landes
Experience Facilitator
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Before joining MEA, Daniel “DL” Landes spent decades as a restauranteur, author, and publisher. As the owner of multiple restaurants in Denver, CO – and then a hostel in Mexico – he dedicated himself to creating environments where people could work out their humanity while eating and drinking (which is why he fits in so well at MEA).
Now relocated to Santa Fe, DL says that “living in the Galisteo Basin impresses a unique and humbling perspective. Under the expansive, enchanted New Mexican sky I can feel so small and so big. I made a career of kicking up dust; living in the storm until the storm lived in me. When the dust settled two guideposts appeared: Spend more nights under the stars; provide a service.”
You will appreciate his dedication to creating memorable experiences during your time in Santa Fe.
It’s time to get back in sync with what matters most
Michael and Chip will help you tune back into your dreams and passions, unleash new levels of creativity and out-of-the-box thinking, and remember what it means to “Stay Human” as you create your inspired vision for the next chapter of your life. You will leave equipped with tools and practices that will help you cultivate a creative possibilities-focused mindset that will last your entire life.
